De Vries to take Vettel’s F1 seat for Italian GP FP1 session

The Dutchman has already participated in two FP1 sessions during the 2022 season, taking over Alex Albon’s Williams at the Spanish Grand Prix before driving Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at Paul Ricard ahead of the French Grand Prix.

De Vries has already spent time preparing for his outing in Aston Martin’s AMR22 by driving the team’s simulator at its Silverstone base, having been in talks with the team earlier this season about stepping in for an FP1 session.

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